Get Ready for Backwoods at Mulberry Mountain 2021
Backwoods 2021 is just around the corner! Please read below for important information about attending the festival:
Only PromoTix tickets will be accepted at the front gate. If you purchased your tickets on Eventbrite and you have NOT received your re-issued tickets through PromoTix, please request your tickets be resent here.
In order to attend the festival on Thursday (8/26) you must have a Thursday Arrival Add On Pass.Gates open at 2:00 PM CDT on Thursday.
Full weekend GA, Shade, and VIP tickets provide entry to the festival on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Gates open at 8:00 AM CDT on all three days.
Friday day-passes are NOT available. Saturday and Sunday passes are available, and Sunday day-passes are also available. All passes include camping and provide entry from the time you show up until the end of the festival.
A Car Pass is required for all cars brought onto the property.
An RV pass is required for all RV's brought onto the property. Backwoods considers an RV any recreational vehicle or trailer designed for sleeping, including but not limited to: vans over 16 passengers, buses, tow-behinds, pop up campers, and trailers.
In order to check you in, our staff will scan the barcode on your ticket. Please wear your masks when interacting with festival staff, and stay in your car unless instructed otherwise - even if you are picking up your ticket at will call. The name shown on your ticket will not matter. If you do not have your ticket, we can only look you up with a matching ID.
You will be screened with CDC questions and temperature checks upon arrival. If you fail, you must show a negative COVID-19 test result. If you cannot present a negative COVID-19 test result, rapid tests can be taken in Ozark or Fayetteville nearby. If you are feeling sick, please stay home!
DUE TO COVID-19, RE-ENTRY IS NOT PERMITTED THIS YEAR. Once you arrive, you will not be able to leave and return to the event.
We'll see you on the mountain!
For last minute tickets to Backwoods, click here.
Meet Your Workshop Instructors for Backwoods 2021! 🧘♀️
Yesterday, we released the complete workshop & yoga schedule for Backwoods 2021. If you haven't checked it out yet, click here! 👈
Also, haven't purchased tickets to Backwoods at Mulberry Mountain yet? Click here 👈
Meet Your Workshop Instructors
Arkansas Acro Yoga
Class: Acro Yoga
Scott and Hannah Forbush are two of the founders of Arkansas AcroYoga. They have been teaching for 6 years. They are certified instructors through Acro Revolution and teach and perform with Arkansas Circus Arts. They did acro on their first date 7 years ago and it has been a foundational part of their relationship ever since. They love sharing with others the joy, playfulness, trust and team building that acroyoga brings. When not on their mats, Scott runs a coffee shop and Hannah teaches music lessons and paints pottery. They have two beautiful children who can’t stop moving, just like their parents.
"We’re excited to get to be back in the festival scene and to provide an outlet for movement and play in a fun and relaxed environment."
Christina Duncan
Class: Thai Yoga Partner Massage
Christina Duncan is the owner of Wichita's premier aerial and flow arts studio, Flow Foundry. She has been performing for over 20 years in many modalities including flow, fire and aerial and is certified to teach Aerial, Yoga, Yin, SUP and working towards completing Thai Massage certification. Christina’s electrifying energy invites your body and spirit to step outside of your comfort zone and into the place where magic happens.
"I am excited to attend Backwoods because I missed the opportunities when it was in Oklahoma but I have a personal connection to Mulberry Mountain from my many happy and challenging Wakarusas including the untimely last one. I am so grateful to connect with the mountain and all its people again!"
Mackenzie Smith
Class: Laughter Yoga
Mackenzie is a laughter enthusiast and an all around yogi. Hee goal is to bring people closer to themselves and each other through the art of authenticity and exploration.
"I am so excited to be behind the scenes in a community that I already love so dearly. This will be a great step towards being a part of the creation of environments where people can come to be free, connect, and grow."
Katie Sunshine
Class: Hoop Dance
Katie Sunshine was first inspired to pick up a hoop in 2008 after being introduced to hooping at a music festival in Ozark, Arkansas. What started as a hobby turned into a profession when one of her hoop videos went viral on YouTube. Since then, she's racked up more than 16 million Youtube views, hooped for commercials and music videos, and taught workshops all over the country.
"Backwoods is such an exciting gathering of artists, creatives, and beautiful souls in general. I'm just happy to be part of the magic that happens on Mulberry Mountain!"
Aubrey Warren
Classes: Guided Meditation + Sound Bath, Yoga Electrified
Aubrey Warren, your Festival Fairy Godmother, has been married to Jacob since 200, and they have been attending music festivals together since the beginning of their relationship. They live in Fort Worth, Texas, and stay busy raising their two boys. Aubrey is a Yoga Instructor, Certified Yoga Education Provider, Conscious Dance DJ & Facilitator, and an Ordained Minister with the Church of Spiritual Humanism. Although she's been teaching for over twenty years, her career started in TV commercial casting. Her unique skill set makes Aubrey the ideal Backwoods Workshop Coordinator, and she's excited to serve our community again in this role.
"Jacob and I found great healing and solace at Wakarusa (on Mulberry Mountain), when we were in a dark pace in our marriage. This venue has a special place in our hearts and we feel called to serve this community that's given us so much! When Backwoods took over the venue, we knew we had to be a part of it! I taught yoga at Backwoods 2018, and it was awesome. I was overjoyed to have the privilege to coordinate our 2019 Lineup, and I can't wait to share with you everything we have in store for 2021! I'm proud to work alongside such amazing instructors and even more proud to work for such big-hearted producers committed to bring us the best event possible! This year is going to be EPIC!"
Complete Workshop & Yoga Schedule - Backwoods 2021
Here it is! Another reason to get excited for this year's Backwoods: your complete workshop & yoga schedule for the entire weekend of Backwoods 2021.
If you still haven't purchased your tickets yet, click here!
Friday
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM: Guided Meditation + Sound Bath
Description: receive an energetic massage for your soul and central nervous system as you're guided deep into a relaxed meditative state. These quartz crystal singing bowls entuned to the chakras will have you melting into your mat.
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM: Thai Yoga Partner Massage
Description: this workshop will guide you through a simple but therapeutic flow to bring healing energy to your partner while you tap into your own meditative state from the ancient healing art of Thai Massage.
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Yoga Electrified: Get Grounded
Description: remember your innate strength and flexibility through this inspiring flow. Get grounded in your body through focused breath work; stretch tight muscles from traveling to the festival, and leave feeling more connected to Mulberry Mountain and the Backwoods Community.
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM: Hoop Dance: Intro
Description: if you’ve ever been curious about trying to hoop dance then this is the class for you. Katie will walk you through everything you need to know to get started including what size hoop to use, various hoop dance styles, and foundational hoop moves. Hoop dance moves covered will include waist hooping, floats, sustained spinning, the smear, and the half vortex. Finally, a short combo of moves will be choreographed into your first ever hoop dance!
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM: Acro Yoga
Description: grab your yoga mats and prepare to take flight! Learn how to base, fly, and spot fundamental acroyoga poses. Together we will create a safe and playful environment to explore the strength that arises when we allow ourselves to trust one another. No partner or experience necessary.
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM: Laughter Yoga
Description: laughter Yoga is hilariously simple. Breath is essential to life, and laughter is a potent breathing ‘technique’ that everyone has experienced before. Using laughter to heal, laughter yoga implements childlike games and silliness exercises to stimulate forced laughter, which creates genuine deep-belly joy-inspiring giggles when paired with interpersonal eye contact. Laughter Yoga was created by a medical doctor as an accessible yogic breath work practice, stimulating the vagus nerve, cycling oxygen deep into the lungs, and offering a connection-building activity for all involved. No experience is needed to join, and we ask all participants arrive without judgement and willing to make eye-contact. No experience is needed to join, just bring some water and something to sit on! We ask that all participants arrive with open minds and open hearts!
Saturday
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM: Guided Meditation + Sound Bath
Description: receive an energetic massage for your soul and central nervous system as you're guided deep into a relaxed meditative state. These quartz crystal singing bowls entuned to the chakras will have you melting into your mat.
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM: Thai Yoga Partner Massage
Description: this workshop will guide you through a simple but therapeutic flow to bring healing energy to your partner while you tap into your own meditative state from the ancient healing art of Thai Massage.
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Yoga Electrified: Find Your Flow
Description: remember the power of your presence and intentionality through this heart-opening, community-connecting, and karma-yoga-inspired sequence. Feel supple an alive in your body, deeply connected to the Earth, and palpably inspired!
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM: Hoop Dance: Beginner/Intermediate
Description: hone your new hoop skills with this next level class. A variety of on and off-body tricks will be covered and will include modifications for both easy and advanced variations. Hoop dance moves covered will include up and down escalators, chest hooping, the revolving door, and knee hooping. As time permits, tricks requests from the audience will be taught so you can be sure you will leave learning something valuable.
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM: Acro Yoga
Description: grab your yoga mats and prepare to take flight! Learn how to base, fly, and spot fundamental acroyoga poses. Together we will create a safe and playful environment to explore the strength that arises when we allow ourselves to trust one another. No partner or experience necessary.
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM: Laughter Yoga
Description: laughter Yoga is hilariously simple. Breath is essential to life, and laughter is a potent breathing ‘technique’ that everyone has experienced before. Using laughter to heal, laughter yoga implements childlike games and silliness exercises to stimulate forced laughter, which creates genuine deep-belly joy-inspiring giggles when paired with interpersonal eye contact. Laughter Yoga was created by a medical doctor as an accessible yogic breath work practice, stimulating the vagus nerve, cycling oxygen deep into the lungs, and offering a connection-building activity for all involved. No experience is needed to join, and we ask all participants arrive without judgement and willing to make eye-contact. No experience is needed to join, just bring some water and something to sit on! We ask that all participants arrive with open minds and open hearts!
Sunday
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM: Guided Meditation + Sound Bath
Description: receive an energetic massage for your soul and central nervous system as you're guided deep into a relaxed meditative state. These quartz crystal singing bowls entuned to the chakras will have you melting into your mat.
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM: Thai Yoga Partner Massage
Description: this workshop will guide you through a simple but therapeutic flow to bring healing energy to your partner while you tap into your own meditative state from the ancient healing art of Thai Massage.
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Yoga Electrified: Grace & Surrender
Description: we're going to church on Mulberry Mountain without any dogma or specific affiliation. Move slow. Go deep. Feel. Breath. Relax.
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM: Hoop Dance: All Levels
Description: level up your hoop skills with this intensive class. A variety of on and off-body tricks will be covered and several two-hoop tricks will be introduced. Hoop dance moves covered will include one-leg hooping, shoulder duck-outs, and introducing a second hoop to on-body flow. As time permits, trick requests from the audience will be taught. Finally, class will spend special attention to transitions and creating combos. Be ready for some teamwork to workshop some brand new ideas!
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM: Acro Yoga
Description: grab your yoga mats and prepare to take flight! Learn how to base, fly, and spot fundamental acroyoga poses. Together we will create a safe and playful environment to explore the strength that arises when we allow ourselves to trust one another. No partner or experience necessary.
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM: Laughter Yoga
Description: laughter Yoga is hilariously simple. Breath is essential to life, and laughter is a potent breathing ‘technique’ that everyone has experienced before. Using laughter to heal, laughter yoga implements childlike games and silliness exercises to stimulate forced laughter, which creates genuine deep-belly joy-inspiring giggles when paired with interpersonal eye contact. Laughter Yoga was created by a medical doctor as an accessible yogic breath work practice, stimulating the vagus nerve, cycling oxygen deep into the lungs, and offering a connection-building activity for all involved. No experience is needed to join, and we ask all participants arrive without judgement and willing to make eye-contact. No experience is needed to join, just bring some water and something to sit on! We ask that all participants arrive with open minds and open hearts!
We'll see you on the mountain August 26 - 29th, 2021! ⛰
Important Backwoods Update for 2021
We absolutely cannot wait to meet with you on the mountain again for our 3rd year, and 10th Backwoods festival overall. We are committed to making that happen.
YOU - our Backwoods family is what drives us to push forward through even the toughest times we’ve had over the years. The gusto, excitement, and passion for live music and art keeps all of us together, focused, and energized to always plan our next gathering together.
And this year has been no different. With the recent pandemic, and the required rescheduling of our 2020 event, we felt we would be able to safely produce an event almost a year later, this coming Spring, while the world helped to heal itself and regenerate as we came to a pause for all of our safety.
We have tirelessly worked with the Arkansas Department of Health putting together a 45-page Safety Plan to ensure your safety over the last 9 weeks, and the good news is that we received official approval on that plan with their help, that will allow us to hold the event this year at a limited capacity of 4,500.
We’ve also received approval and cooperation from the local Sheriff's office who is excited to see us return as well as our medical team. There will be a lot of safety protocols to prevent further spread of the virus, but it will at least allow us to gather once again none-the-less and experience live music.
After reaching out to the artists on the lineup, to reconfirm their participation in the rescheduled event as they originally intended to do on our April dates, we have found that several of them are now unwilling or are unable to play given their own personal situations or circumstances surrounding the pandemic.
While we believe we could hold a safe event as planned, we do not want to bring you a sub-par experience, or only a portion of the original lineup you may have purchased your ticket to see. As such, we are planning to delay our 2021 rescheduled event until August 26th - 29th, 2021. This will give us more time to plan an even safer event, drop an impressive lineup, and provide an amazing experience for you when we do ultimately get back together.
With that note, we humbly request our current ticket buyers to push the pause button with us and hold their tickets for our 2021 event again. We will refund those who are truly in dire straits, however an overabundance of requests in this direction may be detrimental to our company and the festival’s return in future years. We ask for your patience in timing if you do request a refund, rather than hold onto your ticket for the upcoming event. The most recent #SaveOurStages Act which has passed, has not opened applications yet to provide any assistance to companies in the industry still to this day. This assistance is necessary in helping companies like Backwoods with refund requests and other on-going expenses through the pandemic due to the amount of artist deposits and production deposits which were placed on the original 2020 event. We are all still very much trying to make ends meet on our own through this tough time, but will make good on promises made to you. Please consider our plea, and if you will not be attending our 2021 event, and are unwilling to hold your ticket for a 2022 event, and absolutely must request a refund - please email info@backwoodsmusicfestival.com with your order details for more information on the refund process.
We know this isn’t the news you wanted to hear today, but we had to make this tough decision which we feel is in everyone’s best interest. We care about you, your safety, your passion for live music, our artists, and the community that is Backwoods.
We will be announcing a revised lineup (a good portion of it will stay the same) in the coming weeks, as we work to bring you this next rendition of Backwoods. While we must postpone the event once again, we plan to begin utilizing our social media channels for inspiring a new beginning, reflecting on past memories, and by featuring the visual artists, performers, and behind the scenes staff that have helped make Backwoods a memorable experience for all.
Thank you for being a part of our family. Stay safe, and we will see you on the Mountain soon!
The Backwoods at Mulberry Mountain Staff